Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,361 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,450 ratings
3.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,507 ratings
4.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,841 ratings
5.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,625 ratings
6.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,237 ratings
7.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,235 ratings
8.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,988 ratings
9.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,067 ratings
10.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,929 ratings
11.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,717 ratings
12.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,013 ratings
13.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,287 ratings
14.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,527 ratings
15.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,336 ratings
16.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,302 ratings
17.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,595 ratings
18.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,432 ratings
19.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,711 ratings
20.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,980 ratings
21.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,795 ratings
22.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,226 ratings
23.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,028 ratings
24.
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,416 ratings
25.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,054 ratings
26.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,272 ratings
27.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,345 ratings
28.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,269 ratings
29.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,341 ratings
30.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,527 ratings
31.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,086 ratings
32.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,095 ratings
33.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,186 ratings
34.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,410 ratings
35.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,806 ratings
36.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
37.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,339 ratings
38.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,532 ratings
39.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,840 ratings
40.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,092 ratings
41.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,562 ratings
42.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,783 ratings
43.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,791 ratings
44.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,679 ratings
45.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,602 ratings
46.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,659 ratings
47.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,563 ratings
48.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,471 ratings
49.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,867 ratings
50.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,121 ratings
51.
Middlemarch/Silas Marner/Amos Barton
Middlemarch/Silas Marner/Amos Barton 3.98 avg rating — 799 ratings
52.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,694 ratings
53.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
54.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,244 ratings
55.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,741 ratings
56.
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating — 45,957 ratings
57.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,857 ratings
58.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,051 ratings
59.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,538 ratings
60.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,594 ratings
61.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,890 ratings
62.
Dead Souls
Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 93,263 ratings
63.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating — 34,037 ratings
64.
The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest
The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest 4.30 avg rating — 1,990 ratings
65.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 3.73 avg rating — 22,670 ratings
66.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,597 ratings
67.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward 4.26 avg rating — 17,572 ratings
68.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,017 ratings
69.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,400 ratings
70.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
71.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,766 ratings
72.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,269 ratings
73.
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4)
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4) 4.18 avg rating — 12,160 ratings
74.
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels 4.25 avg rating — 1,686 ratings
75.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,562 ratings
76.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,971 ratings
77.
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 12,144 ratings
78.
Bridge of Sighs
Bridge of Sighs 3.80 avg rating — 24,784 ratings
79.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating — 20,497 ratings
80.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating — 24,778 ratings
81.
Adam Bede
Adam Bede 3.82 avg rating — 26,147 ratings
82.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,361 ratings
83.
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 36,226 ratings
84.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating — 7,626 ratings
85.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
86.
Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin 3.73 avg rating — 36,723 ratings
87.
Finnegans Wake (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
Finnegans Wake (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
88.
The Vicar of Wakefield
The Vicar of Wakefield 3.46 avg rating — 10,543 ratings
89.
The Recognitions
The Recognitions 4.20 avg rating — 6,163 ratings
90.
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man 3.73 avg rating — 5,246 ratings
91.
Life and Fate (Stalingrad, #2)
Life and Fate (Stalingrad, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 14,758 ratings
92.
Mason & Dixon
Mason & Dixon 4.13 avg rating — 12,150 ratings
93.
Humboldt's Gift
Humboldt's Gift 3.84 avg rating — 9,916 ratings
94.
J R
J R 4.32 avg rating — 3,682 ratings
95.
The Death of Virgil
The Death of Virgil 4.14 avg rating — 1,716 ratings
96.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,110 ratings
97.
1919 (U.S.A., #2)
1919 (U.S.A., #2) 3.97 avg rating — 3,236 ratings
98.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,288 ratings
99.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel 4.05 avg rating — 1,926 ratings
100.
Darconville's Cat
Darconville's Cat 4.28 avg rating — 599 ratings
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